Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:50 Post subject: Connect a router to another router with wifi
I've a linksys WRT160NL with DD-WRT in my room and another router in father room with internet. In my room the signal are bad, and my question is, ddwrt can connect to a second router by wifi and share the connection by ethernet or wifi?
Router 1 with internet (wifi)------>(wifi)wrt160nl ddwrt(eth)----->(eth)MyPC
What you are looking for is client bridge / repeater bridge mode. You're basically telling the router to treat it's wireless uplink as a sort of WAN interface.
Look for documentation on this issue and you're sure to make things work.
...unless that specific router doesn't have client bridge/repeater mode(s). Anyone can comment on that issue? _________________ Q: How do I do ...? A: Read the tutorials or Search forums
i've read a lot of post of ddwrt atheros repeater setting but there aren't a guide point to point to set a atheros router as wrt160nl with ddwrt in "repeater mode"
I think there are some posts that client bridge mode works, and then to rebroadcast (repeat) the wifi signal setup a virtual AP.
Some routers don't work properly in this mode, however (e.g. from my personal experience, the DIR-615 I have doesn't work in client bridge mode but my netgear WNDR3700 does).
Probably the easiest way for you to get this to work, though, is to use WDS. It seems to be the most stable.
Setup the "client" router as an AP and specify the mac address of the real AP under the WDS table.
Setup the "AP" router as normal and specify the mac address of the client router under the wds table.
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 20:21 Post subject:
Use client mode to connect to the host AP, once you have it working in client mode, then create a virtual interface, and connect to it and see if its working. If working, you have then setup a repeater using Atheros w/ dd-wrt. _________________ Wireless N Config | Linking Routers | DD-WRT Wiki | DD-WRT Builds | Peacock - Broadcom FAQ
I try many configuration and different build of dd-wrt but don't go...
anyone kind enough to write step by step what to do to set the WRT160NL repeater? thanks
1) buy a pair of powerline adapters
2) cable one to one of your router's LAN port
3) cable the other to your computer NIC
4) instantly enjoy hassle free 100+Mb/s throughput
If you ever do that, you'll wonder why you even bothered trying to bridge AP. Believe me, I've been there before.
1) buy a pair of powerline adapters
2) cable one to one of your router's LAN port
3) cable the other to your computer NIC
4) instantly enjoy hassle free 100+Mb/s throughput
If you ever do that, you'll wonder why you even bothered trying to bridge AP. Believe me, I've been there before.
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